strangers

NOUN

person who is unfamiliar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alien foreigner guest immigrant intruder newcomer outsider visitor

STRONG

drifter interloper migrant outlander squatter transient unknown wanderer

WEAK

foreign body incomer itinerant person migratory worker new arrival out-of-stater outcomer party crasher perfect stranger uninvited person unknown person

Antonyms

STRONGEST

citizen local national native

WEAK

acquaintance friend

Example Sentences

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strangers

These have snowballed into huge high-stakes challenges where he gives away large sums of money to strangers.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Instead, a 10-year-old today, facing their sixth straight weekend of tournaments with a team of strangers may well ask: Where’s the fun?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

OJM devotes a considerable share of its content to Costco-related high-jinks, and even hosted a chicken-eating contest that drew hundreds of strangers to a sidewalk in Park Slope last month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Val Verde is a place with few strangers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

He turned his ears from the distant howls of the stranger pack: the pack that didn’t sound like strangers any more, but faraway kin ...

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver